Major General Robert
P. Steel, United States Air Force
Commandant, National War College
 Maj.
Gen. Robert P. Steel is Commandant, National War College, Fort
Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. The National War College
is the senior service school in the study of national security
affairs. It is composed of departmental influences to include
Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps, Department of Defense,
Department of State, Central Intelligence Agency, National Security
Agency and other executive agencies.
General Steel was born in Riverside, Calif.,
and graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1978 with a
Bachelor of Science degree in astronautical engineering. He
has commanded at the squadron, group and wing levels. The general
has served on the Joint Staff as Chief, Major Theater War Section,
and later as the Chief, Warfighting Analysis Division. He went
on to serve as the Director of Staff and senior U.S. representative
for Headquarters Allied Air Forces North of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization, and subsequently commanded the U.S. Air
Forces in Europe Theater Air and Space Operations Center, Headquarters
USAFE. General Steel has also served as Director, Air Component
Coordination Element, Multi-National Force-Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq,
where he was the Combined Forces Air Component Commander's primary
adviser and personal representative to the MNF-I Commander.
Prior to his current assignment, he commanded the 48th Fighter
Wing, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England.
General Steel is a command pilot with more
than 3,100 flying hours in a variety of aircraft, including
the F-4E, F-16A/B/C/D, F-16CG, F-16CJ, F-15D, F-15E and HH-60.
EDUCATION
1978 Bachelor of Science degree in astronautical
engineering, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
1983 Squadron Officer School, by correspondence
1985 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence
1987 Master's degree in public administration,
Golden Gate University
1990 Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk,
Va.
1994 Air War College, by correspondence
1998 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
ASSIGNMENTS
May 1978 - June 1979, student, undergraduate pilot training, Williams AFB, Ariz.
June 1979 - August 1979, student, fighter lead-in training,
436th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, Holloman AFB, N.M.
August 1979 - April 1980, student, F-4E Replacement Training
Unit, 309th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, Homestead AFB,
Fla.
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
· Defense Superior Meritorious Service Medal
· Defense Meritorious Service Medal
· Air Force Meritorious Service Medal with
three oak leaf clusters
· Air Medal
· Aerial Achievement Medal
· Joint Service Commendation Medal
· Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak
leaf cluster
· Air Force Achievement Medal
· Combat Readiness Medal with one oak leaf
cluster
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command Pilot
Flight hours: 5,000+
Aircraft flown: T-39, C-141, TG-7A, C-21,
and the C-5
. April 1980 - September 1981, aircraft commander
and training officer, 10th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Hahn Air
Base, West Germany
September 1981 - June 1983, flight leader
and weapons and tactics officer, 512th Tactical Fighter Squadron,
Ramstein AB, West Germany
June 1983 - October 1986, instructor pilot
and scheduling officer, later, Chief, Squadron Standardization
and Evaluation, later, Chief, Squadron Programming, 61st Tactical
Fighter Training Squadron, MacDill AFB, Fla.
October 1986 - January 1990, F-16 Project
Manager, 422th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Nellis AFB, Nev.
January 1990 - June 1990, student, Armed
Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
June 1990 - September 1993, fighter pilot
combat systems analyst, Air Force Studies and Analyses Agency,
later, executive officer, Directorate of Programs and Evaluation,
Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
September 1993 - October 1994, assistant
operations officer, 35th Fighter Squadron, later, operations
officer, 80th Fighter Squadron, Kunsan AB, South Korea
October 1994 - June 1997, operations officer,
later, Commander, 23rd Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem AB, Germany
June 1997 - June 1998, student, Air War College,
Maxwell AFB, Ala.
June 1998 - March 2000, Chief, Major Theater
War Section, later, Chief, Warfighting Analysis Division, Directorate
for Force Structure, Resources and Assessment (J8), the Joint
Staff, Washington, D.C.
March 2000 - January 2002, student, later,
Commander, 56th Operations Group, 56th Fighter Wing, Luke AFB,
Ariz.
January 2002 - July 2003, Director of Staff
and senior U.S. representative, Headquarters Allied Air Forces
North, Ramstein AB, Germany
July 2003 - February 2004, Commander, USAFE
Theater Air and Space Operations Center, Headquarters USAFE,
Ramstein AB, Germany
April 2004 - April 2005, Director, Air Component
Coordination Element, Multi-National Force-Iraq, Baghdad
June 2005 - June 2007, Commander, 48th Fighter
Wing, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England
June 2007 - present, Commandant, National
War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Bronze Star Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Achievement Medal
Combat Readiness Medal with three oak leaf clusters
National Defense Service Medal with bronze star
Southwest Asia Service Medal with bronze star
Iraq Campaign Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Korea Defense Service Medal
Armed Forces Service Medal
NATO Medal (Former Republic of Yugoslavia)
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant May 31, 1978
First Lieutenant May 31, 1980
Captain May 31, 1982
Major Dec. 1, 1988
Lieutenant Colonel March 1, 1994
Colonel April 1, 1999
Brigadier General Jan. 1, 2005
Major General Nov 27, 2007
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